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• 'Ol COUGH OF - SOUTIFIWAIta* RESIGNATION OF MR. HARVEY. TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTHWARK. G 7 .;NTLEMEN,—True to my resolve, not to hold a seat whit' h is unsustained by the firm and entire sanction of, my constituents, I avow my intention to retire from klec rep resentation of your Borough before the close 'g the prilsent session. Considerations of a politica-1 q4kl personal nature, though very unequal in degree, ?we strengthened my purpose. It has ever been ray opinion that the repre sentatives of large constituencies nnght to stand aloof from 'party—the bane of all good government—and, as the he ralds of the public voice, frequently and fearlessly to advo cate and urge on those political changes, which, however unpalatable to the " privileged orders," arc justly considered as essential to the good government of an enlightened people. Expediency, as you are aware, is the compass of varty, but I have ever repudiated its guidance, from the conviction that public men are bound to pursue the dic trstes of duty, without regard to partial and incidental "evils. To act differently is at all times censurable —at the present moment it is criminal—at least, such is Thy con scientious opinion ; and, if I have erred in thi, respect, it is I alone who pay the penalty, for a greater political sacri fice can no man make. But it must be made, for I cannot consent to be a mere, mute, inerr:oer—a passive numeral— flattered by a Treasury summons, to swell the ranks of a division, upon any question which two contending parties shall so dexterously selerA, that no one is committed, save their blind adherents. It would be well for mankind if none others were made the dupes of the game. The Irish Titie Bill is not the sole measure of the pre sent Government from which I di ssent. The i r entire po licy is temporising and timid—disheartening to their friends —while it inspires their political foes with audacious cou rage. A rude and trembling hand is doing something to everything, and doing nothing w e ll ; an d. so ma tt ers w ill re main, until firmer and sturdier hearts shall strike out a course of government, having for its sole objects the safety, an d happiness, and liberty of the people. My friends, be not allured from the path of duty by idle declamations ap;ainst the Lords. There is a mote in the nation's eye, which must be removed, before you can rightly discern the seat of the disease. The master vice is in the structure of the House of Commons ; and it is an object worthy of all inquiry, whence it is that 300 members find their way into a ref orme d H ouse o f C ommons to oppose - what i s called, by "courtesy, a " Reforming Government ?" So Icing as the Lords are thus powerfully sustained, the Ministers will have little else to do than to receive their salaries, and the people to pay thorn. But though the 111ini.tors nay be content, the public will become dissa tisfied. To me the working of the thing, and the mode of its correction, are manifest. The constituency must be greatly extended, acting in no place with a smaller number than one thousand electors, while the duration of Parlia ments must be materially shortened, and, when chosen, not to be dissolved except from the efflux of time or its own consent. By such means the just influence of the people may be exerted, and popular control become armed with the weapons of salutary correction. A Parliament so con stituted will faithfully reflect the mind of the nation, and sillould it fail to make the Lords willing converts to its mea sures, at least their Lordships will not fail to perceive that it is only by a wise disuse of their power that their dignity can be preserved. Let representatives so chosen firmly act the part of vigilant masters, and there will soon be an end to the squaßbles of the servants, whether they fill high or low places. The personal part may be shortly told. So long as I could flatter myself that my humble services were acceptable to my constituents, or useful to the public, I studiously con cealed the manifold privations arising from the rash and thoughtless expenditure of more than thirty thousand pounds, in a series of costly contests, and which has been greatly aggravated through the successful strokes of malice and oppression by which every successive effort to repair this inroad upon my fortune has been frustrated. No man in the llouse of Commons had greater claims upon the in dulgen.‘ consideration of his constituents or the country, than myself ; for, while it has been open to other Mem bers to pursue their respective vocations, as is done by the larger portion of them, to me has been denied the right of directing my mind to objects for which I am qualified by education and inclination. I speak with moderation when I state that during the two Sessions I have had the honour of being your Representative, my actual loss, occasioned by the order which prohibits the professional conduct of pri vate business by any Member of the House, has not been so little as 6,0001. Interdicted by your remonstrance from the expression of opinions at variance with the measures of what some of you are pleased to denominate a " liberal government," and disdaining the anomaly of being a free man in fetters, you cannot be surprised at my determination to fall back into the ranks of my fellow-citizens, there to pursue, in tran quillity, a branch of my profession from which I am de harred.by a Parliamentary order ; and, though it lies not. in the high and thorny road of public applause, leads to ho nourable competence—secures peace of mind—and, above all, protection from the restless and unreasonable meddlings of popular discontent. In thus closing my political career --at least for the pre sent—l desire to express my gratitude, which no momen tary disquietude can enfeeble, for the spontaneous cheerful ness with which you elected me, at a time when the dis tinction was of inestimable value ; as, also, the conscious pride that I derive from the reflection that my inconsiderate sacrifices have recoiled upon none but myself ; as —upon looking over my account with the political public—l owe nothing but goodwill—a debt it is not my intention to cancel. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, D. W. HARVEY. 7, Great George-street, Bth July, 1836. EUPHRATIC EXPEDITION. [We have the pleasure to lay the following late and parti cular account of the expedition before the readers of the Literary Gazette.—En. t _ River Euphrates, 3 :iarch 21, 1836. My dear —. You will wonde r at never having heard from your friend since the expe'aition, of which he is an humble member, left the shores OC . Gr eat Britain. The fact is, * * * * to avoid contradictions, and, on the other, not to anticipate the interest the public might be expected to feel in the re sults of our journeyings and explorations. But the delays have so accumulated, that the general character of the ex pedition has changed from that of a hurried and bold push across an almost hostile country, and down flo almost un known river, to a slow but steady labour, I . .anth as regarded the transport of the materials and the navigation of the Euphrates. You are aware that, the difficulties which occurred to our getting the mafr_;rials of the boats carried across the country, originated in, the indirect, but not secret, opposition of the Syrian ruler, Ibrahim Pacha ; but the re sources of the country vver; ; also extremely slender. The roads had to be made, .and even the bullocks taught to draw, but the resolute 'perseverance of our commander, and the never-failing exertions of the officers and men, triumphed over all obstacles. The same road that was scorched by the sun in August, was sheeted with snow in December, yet, on the 3d of March, 1836, the last waggon, drawn by 100 oxen, entered the gates of the diminutive but busy enclosure of Port William.* From Amelia depot, at the mouth of the Orentes, the road was carried across a hilly country to Ghuzel Bourge (the pretty tower) a village on the banks of the sem& river, three miles beyond Antio c h, At this station boilers and sections, with all the other vari ous items, wz the re successively put i n t o boats artzl carried up the K river, anti across tire lake of A nt i oc h ; t h ee, again, by Pasha. araso n (black water), to th e b r i dgn of Mourad Here the; land transport 'commenced again, and there were two stutions, Ghindenes (Gindarus) and Azass, between the bi%idge and Port 'William, on the Euphrates. The hilly errantry does not cease till Azass, for, although the Turc r .man plains of Alamk occupy the neighbourhood of the sake, hills, pee pled by agricultural and sedentary Kowa s, extend from El Haman (the baths), by Ghindanes, to A7,ass ; and behind all is nearly level territory, including the 'valleys of the Cowick (Obelus) and the Sedgdur, with Cu) tivated ground, and numerous villages as far as to e Eu- p 1 irate s .Th e station of Mourad Pasha,where the detentithon was 'chiefly attributabl e to a young chieftain of the Turkoman, in. fluenced by higher authority, was among the most unhealthy, and no one of the officers or men remained:,:ne re for a fe w days with out su f f i reing from miler of a severe t ype Happily tie nmnber of li ves l o station, an'.'.l one subseque;,,tly,s ' very few ; one at te from was illness that originatehd there. Indeed, it ',an n ow b e 'ap e safely affirmed, that the , so common, t o most parts of Syria, is very far from be'',ng a dangerous disease, and it is only when complicated ''with old standing diseases, and broken constitutions, that 'it may become no longer amenable to the curative art. With proper care and caution on the part of a new comer, Syria is as healthy a climate as it is decidedly a fine one. In some points of view, the scenery and vegetatin can I :aave few pa ra ll e l s . Th e ma l ar i a of Scanderoon i o s the o t feared b y E uropeans, but three of our officers, am ong wm hasalso your corresp on d en t, seffered from that ma l a d y, and got rid of it. Many English, travelling and localized, have tilled since we have been in the country, none without rsaSons satisfactory to a medical man, that there were cir tlttnatances in their deaths-more than' climacteric. Our whole loss among Toen_of various habits and constitutions, toilins. at a most laborious enterprise, exposed to mid-day lon and night, chills, the extremes of summer and winter, with elan# of' diet, and reckless energies, has been eight pole__. 445,:tzite Vi r r 411 % 4Y47,4-: 4 - x i j ?:\ta_ the - tra* . I *fe ' . - ` l° N 1110atn7 ''?''''.' 7 •`;' - _.4'7—`,...,„:: - 7—'7 - • -, - I=" 4 -..;..1—„, V.4 . ,,L . - . , Z. .144444) might have been, or still may be the fate of 1, the results already attained to science, more :perienced by breakage and otherwi§e during sea and by land, and so much prolonged on small as scarcely to deserve notice, _XN esiieCiat67 tg geography, are'of -I theNiost important descrip tion. The journies made into, Ale ihterior have been nu merous ; and the new facks tenlleeted most interesting. At an early period lef 'oUr arrival, three parties were at work. Lieut. Lymai, 1.N., with his brother, of the Indian army, on 'road ; Captain Estcourt, with Dr. Staunton, on a mission, partly diplomatic, to Damascus ; Lieut. Murphy, Mr. Thomson, and Mr. Ainsworth, were on the coast be tween the Orontes and Lattakia (Laodicca), subsequently making an ascent of mount Casius and thenproteecling on the survey of th e G u lf of Sear:dercon. The surveying party afterwards broke op, Lieut. Murphy being required at the observatory et Port William, Mir. ThcAtit'On remaining to continue the levelling began by astronomer from thsi sea to the Ettphratesa tri4tlifieent work whett accom plished. Previously to taking medicol charge of the station at Mem-A Pasha, Mr. Ainsworth obtained sanction for an expikstatory journey to the south, when he examined the srosultre between Antioch and the Anounan mountains, reaelling Kalaat el Medak, and returned by the borders of the Great Desert, south of Aleppo. At the same time, Lieut. Lynch, accompanied by Mr. Staunton anti his bro ther, left Port William on a friendly mission to the Arabs, and, although the objects of the journey were areomptished in a satisfactory manner, it was only with great clanger to the travellers, who had one of the servants shot, but not mortally wounded. The most southerly point reached was Deir, on the Euphrates. The sickness at Port William was, towards the latter part of the year, severe ; a few fell victims, and our inde fatigable commander twice left his medical attendants with out a hope. The winter was remarkably cold ; the ther mometer fell at Ninte to S deg., or 24 deg. below freezing point. The snow was not off the ground when Colonel Chesney quitted his bed on a scientific excursion to the Taurus and part of Asia Minor. He was accompanied by Mr. Murphy, Mr. Staunton, and Mr. Ainsworth. This party proceeded by Bylan through Issus and Adana to Janus, where the French Consul, M. Gilet, is carrying on excavations of an interesting nature. From thence they proceeded to the pass of Kule Broghaz and neighbouring mines, and thence to Sis by two different routes. The Colonel and Mr. Ainsworth having for three days lost the baggage horses. From Sis they proceeded to ancient Ana zarba and to Kars, crossing the mountains amidst many difficulties to Marash. From Marash the Colonel left for Port William, while the remainder of the party crossed the country to Romkala, on the Euphrates, surveying the river from thence to Port William. The day after their return to their station, Mr. Ainsworth was appointed to join Lieutenant. Lynch and Mr. Eden on another excursion to survey up from Bunkala to Samosat, penetrating into Mesopotamia to Orfala, and the most ancient sites of-Har ran (Charras) and Senem on the plain. The 16th o f Mar c h,' the Euphrates steamer proceeded up the river against a current of five knots, from Port William to Bir, and saluted the Sultan and his Governor at the fine old Crusadic Castle. The river is here a noble expanse of waters, which flow past its rock-cradled walls. The Bazaars were untenanted ; and even the white veiled daughters of the soil abandoned Baquis and Djanice to mingle with the gaily dressed moslem crowd that lined the banks on the occasion. The same evening the Mesopo tamia party arrived, and joined at the anchorage a mile below the port, You will thus perceive that from a delay, ..which must have proved very annoying to those anxious persons at home who would have things accomplished as by enchantment, as successfully as rapidly,:in reality, much has been gained ; a greater portion of territory has been examined ; explora tions have been carried on with more detail ; natural his tory and meteorology more closely investigated ; and the ultimate objects of the expedition ensured in a greater de gree. The number of places that have been astronomically fixed is very great, and the materials, for a map of dis tricts that have been hitherto without almost a reconnois sance, have been collected with care and assiduity. The country comprised in these researches also contain many points of much interest in historical geography, and much that has been dubious and matters of frequently repeated discussion will be cleared up. I hope, then, you will say with me, now we are embarked upon the river, and have entrusted ourselves to its shoals and rapids, proceeding at a regulated pace, and carrying on, before all things, the survey as we proceed, that the commander of the expedi tion and the officers under him have at least deserved by their labours, that patience which has been shown, with a few exceptions, in awarding a verdict upon their success, or in putting a faithful trust in that undomitable perseverance which I hope is not uncharacteristic of Britons when fight ing against difficulties.—Yours, &c. —The Literary Gazette. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of July 8.) SuoAa.-At public sale 100 hhds. Barbadoes with difficulty found buyers at last sale's rates, good to fine sold at 70s. a 745. In the British Plantation Market to-day, prices 6d. under those of yesterday, making the reduction since this day week 6d. a Is. The sales this day are Jamaica good and strong brown sold at 675. a 683., mid. grocery 695., good 705., fine 71s. a 735. ; Demerara good mid. grocery 695. The Refined Sugar Market this afternoon-Lumps to pass the standard offered at 875., or 465. for fine Crushed ; but the few offers made by the shippers are only 455. short price. The decline in Refined Goods since this week, has been 2s. MAURITIUS.--GOOd And fine grey sold at 68s. a 695., mid. browns 645., low and soft brownish grey 665. a 665. 6d., low bright yellow 675. Gd. a 685., yellows good and fine 695. a 715., very fine 7 2s, EAST INDIA , _Good brown to low yellows at 325. a 335. 6d., damps and wet 265. 6d. a 31s. Good strong mid. white taken in 375. mod. a 385., ord. white 365., and fine strong white at 405., washed 335. 6d. a 365., good low white sold at 365. a 37 7., 6d., washed 345. a 355. 6d. roam:v.-Private transactions have been confined to 300 chests Bahia, very good brown at 295. 6d. a 305., good and flue strong white at 41s. 6d. a 425. 6d. ; and a floating cargo of Maceio, to be delivered at Stettin, brown at 295., and white at 395. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The total sales of Rum during the week have amounted to 900 puns.--Jamaicas 27 to 28 per cent. over at 4s. a 4s. Id., 30 to 35 over 4s. 2d. a 4s. 6d., and extra fine 34 per cent. over at 4s. I Id. a ss. ; Demerara common quality 2 to 6 over 2s. 6d., 2 to 9 over fair quality 2s. 4d. ; Tobagos good 5 over 2s. 6d. ; Lee wards proofs 2s. 3d., 5 to 6 over 2s. 6d. In Geneva or Brandy little done. TALLOW steady, at 455. 6d. PROVlsloss.—Waterford Butter landed selling slowly 81s. a 83s. ; Limerick 82s. a 84s. ; Cork 84s. ; Limerick has been sold at 80s. ; best Friezland made at 765. a 78s. Bacon has, experienced a further docline of 2s. ; prime small singed sold at 465., ,and heavy at 425. Lard continues dull, and is 2s. cheaper. 'I , IIPENTINE.-Rou g h is held firmly for 135., but is scarce. COFFEE.-Dominica fine fine ord. went at 86s. at 86s. 6d. ; Demerara fine fine ord. 81s. a 84s. ; Jamaica mid. to low raid. 893. a 925. 6d., fine to fine fine ord. 84s. a 88s., good ord. 80s. a 825., low ord. 78, In the East India Market, Ce)lon subject to the 6d. duty has declined 6d a Is. ; good pale at 765. a 765. 6d., good brown mixed pale 735. 6d. a 755. 6d.- the bulk went at 755. a 755. 6d., equal to ord. West India. Foreign Coffee continues neglected ; the private sales do not exceed 200 bags ord. Brazil at 525. a 335., and 100 bags St. Domingo at 533. COCOA.-Trinidad sold at 50s. a 535. for dark grey and red, very good red 555. a 595. 6d., ord. grey 495. a 50s. INDIGO.-At auction 40 serons Guatimala sold at 4s. lid. for ord. Cortes, and 3s. 10d. for damaged. COTTON.-The purchases this week have been-700 Ben gal, 4id. a 6d. ; 700 Surat, 54d. a ; 200 Madras, 514. a 6id. CoctitsEAL.-flunduras good and fine silvers sold at 7s. 6d. at 73. 9d. ; blacks 7s. I Id. a Bs. 4d. ; Mexican mixed silvers 7s. a 7s. Id. TEA.—This afternoon several export orders for Twankays have raised them id. per lb., none are now to be had under Is. Ted. per lb. Ou.s.—Low to good quality selling at 321. ss. a 331. los. Cod is held for an advance of 20s. Linseed and Rape Oils are both Is. cheaper ; the former is offered at 381., and the latter 465. 6d. fur pale, and dull of sale. RILE. -12s. a 16s. paid for ord. to good white, and 17s. for Patna for the home trade. TERRA JAPONICA.—Good sound pale in squares at 435. 6d. a 445. 6d. SPICES.—Gocd fair Pimento at 4d. a 4d., very ord. and stalky 31d. a 34d. Malabar Pepper good half heavy at 44,d. a 4id. Nutmegs taken at 4s. I Id. for good. Mace is 2d. a 3d. cheaper—selling at 4s. a 4s. Id. Pimento this day sold at 3id. a 4id. ord. to mid. ; 93 casks Jamaica Ginger all sold at a 12/. for mid. to good bold. SALTPETRE.—Rough from 295. a 30s. Calcutta good white crystal, refraction 2 to 51- per cent. at 30s. a 30s. 6d., refraction 211 295. NITRATS OF SODA.—The price is 20s. Bd. a 21s. HOPS.—The estimated duty has risen to 2 40,0001. SILK.—Raw Silk this week is at an advance on former rates of 6d. a is., and in some cases 2s. higher prices have been obtained for Italian. SAYINGS AND DOINGS.—The first series (origi nally published in three volumes) of this witty and brillian t work of Mr. Hook's, is just announced to be given completss. for 65., with Engravings, in the New Volume of " Colburn':3 Modern Novelists." " The eve of a keen and playful wit ens! satirist," says Blackwood's Magazine, " has been upon thi • world in a vast variety of its spheres of action and affectation„ and here we have the harvest of that unquiet eye.' Old dia. • mond-loaded Dowagers—cold, stately Duchesses—pompous: G. C.B.s—wits, d la Sidney Smith, or Rogers—crack meu from the House—knowing young Guardsmen and Lancers-- in short, the picture of St. James's parish is unrolled." Kr NCA RD I NE.—ln consequence of the intelligence received here upon Thursday evening, that the House of Lords h a d re f used to concur with the Commons i n t h e I r i s h Municip a l Corporation Bill, a meeting of the inhabitants was held, in terms of a requisition to the magistrates —one of the magistrates in the chair; when it was unanimously resolved to address his Majesty, and to petition the House of Commons, expressing their regret and astonishment at the conduct of tho House of Lords; and entreating the King and Commons to be firm in their good intentions to do justice to Ireland.—. Scotsman, nit iNt3 FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, HANOVER, JUNE 30, 1836. His Royal Hightess the Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to atipoint William Dallas Bernard, M. D. Oxon, to be one of the PhysiQians Extraordinary to his Royal Higlmess's Household. WAR OFFICE-, Jutv• 8. 2.1 Reginient of Life Gtiards=To be Lieutenants by Orchase— Lteut- Na.ylor, Vice Blackburn; Wlivi retires' :Ftilv 7 ; cdrnet acid Sub-Liesitt W. C. D: H. Vyse, vie Fairlie,46 recites, July 8. To be: CornetS and Snif-Lieillenants, by purchase : J. K. Wedder burn, JUly i ; R. N. Lawley, Gent., vice Vyse, July 8; Et Mt Earl of Longford, vice Knox, who retires, j ht, Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Ensign R. Hollis, from the 49th Regiment of Foot, t o be Co r net, by p urc h as e, vice Slay, who retires, July 8. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. J. D. Dyson, to be Captain, by purchase, vice 13( auman, who retires ; Cornet F. Watt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dyson ; Second Lieutenant. C. H. J. Rich, from the 87th Regiment of Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Watt, July 8. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Captain J. Bolton to be Major, by purchase, vice Curteis, who retires; Lieut. J. W. (touter to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bolton; Cornet E. Codrington to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hunter ; J. Crofts, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Codrington, July 8. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—R. Routh, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Cornwall, whose appointment has not taken place, July 8. 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major W. D. Mercer, from from the 67th Regiment of Foot, to be Major, vice W. H. Sper- Aing, who retires upon half-pay Unattached, receiving the differ ence; Cornet G. Harriot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rose, I Ito retires ' • J. P. Smith, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Harriott, July 8. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut. and Capt. W. J. C,odrington to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, • vice Glegg, who retires; Ensign and Lieut. F. Halkett to be Lieu tenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Codrington ; Hon. L. Hope to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Halkett, July 8. Scots Fusileer Guards--Hon. G. A. Byron, to be Ensign and ' Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Levinge, whose appointment has not taken place, July 8. 17th Regiment of Foot—Ensign H. L. Herbert, from the 88th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tobin, deceased, July Li. 49th Foot—T. P. Gibbons, Gent.; to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hollis, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards, July 8. 54th Foot—T. Mostyn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harkshaw, who retires, July 8. 57th Foot—Ensign W. L. Stewart to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Armstrong, who retires ; H. C. Cardew, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart, July 8. 67th Foot—Major W. N. Orange, from the half-pay Unattached, • o be Major, paying the difference, vice Mercer, appointed to the 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons, July 8. 79th Foot--Ensign J. Douglas to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gore, who retires ; Second Lieutenant P. L. M'Dougall, from the Ceylon Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Douglas, July 8. 80th Fdot—Captain F. Moore, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vie* J. Bowness, who exchanges, July 8. 87th Foot—J. N. Ouvry, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice C. H. J. Rich, appointed to the 3d Dragoon Guards, July 8. 88th Foot—Ensign H. D. Persse, from the 99th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hawker, promoted, July 8 ; Gentleman cadet J. M. Fowler, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, without purchase, vice Herbert, promoted in the 17th Regi ment of Foot, July 9. 95th Foot—Lieutenant G. Stewart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Whyte, who retires ; Ensign A. T. Heyland to be Lieute nant, My purchase, vice Stewart; G. Cornwall, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Heyland, July 8. 99th Foot—H. Pardoe, Gent., to be Ensign, by by purchase, vice Persse, appointed to the 88th Regiment of Foot, July 8. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—H. G. Remmett, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macdougall, appointed to the 79th Regiment of Foot, July 8. UNATTACHED. Ensign E. A. Hawker, from the 88th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, July 8. BREVET. Major-General Sir J. Colborne, K. C. 8., to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in Upper and Lower Canada, July 8. GARRISONS. Major-General the Hon. Patrick Stuart to be Governor of Edin burgh Castle, during the period he may continue on the Staff in North Britain, July 8. MEMORANDUM. Lieutenant J. B. Ross, upon half•pay of the Royal African Corps, has been allowed to retire from the Army by the sale of a Lieutenancy, he being about to become a settler in the colonies, July 8. The Christian names of Lieutenant the Honourable Mr. Percy, of the Grenadier Guards, are Henry Hugh Manners. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Edinburgh or Mid-Lothian. _ _ _ Edinburgh Regiment of W. Grieve to be Lieu tenant, vice Clarke, deceased. Royal Mid-Lothian or Edinburgh Yeomanry Cavalry—The Right Hon. George Sholto Douglas Earl of Morton to be Lieute nant-Colonel, vice Lord Elcho, resigned; G. Wauchope, Esq., to be Major, vice the Earl of Morton, promoted ; W. B. Callendar, Esq., to be Captain, vice Wauchope, promoted ; James Lord Ram say to be Cornet, vice Callander, promoted ; J. Wauchope, Gent., to be ditto, vice Mitchell, resigned, June 25. WHITEHALL, JUNE 25. The Lord Chancellor has oppointed Edward Saxton, of Shrews bury, in the county of Salop, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Jutx 4.—The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Greaves, of Sheffield, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. SOPHIA SHOWLER, brass-founder, Litchfield-street, New. port-market. BANKRUPTS. JOSEPII DOTTOINILEY, fan and sky-light manufacturer, Beech-street, Barbican, to surrender July 21, at twelve, and Au gust 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Taylor, North buildings, Finsbury-circus ; Graham, official assignee, Basinghall street. JAMES NICHOLL, oil broker, Pope's Head-Alley, July 15, at three, and August 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Dimmock, Bond-court-house, Walbrook. THOMAS HARVEY FORRESTER, Russia broker, Baltic Coffee-house, Threadneedle -street, July 19, and August 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, King's Arms-buildings, Cornhill, official assignee ; Rutherford, Cannon-street. JOHN HALE. maltster, Bromley, Middlesex, July 19, and August 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Ab church-lane, official assignee • Cox, Bush-lane, Cannon-street. JAMES SMITH, furnishing ironmonger, Curzon-street, May fair, July 18, at twelve, and August 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; James, Old Jewry. ROBERT BAGSHAW MANN, linen-draper, Parliament street, Westminster, July 15, at two, and August 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Borradaile and Ashmore, King's Arm's-yard, Coleman-street ; Goldsmid, Ironmonger-lane, official assignee. ISAAC AIADLEY, innkeeper, Landogo, Monmouthshire, July 18, and August 19, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, New port. Platt and Hall, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Prothero and Phillips. Newport. SAMUEL MINSHULL, commission agent, Manchester, July 19, and August 19, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man chester. Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Manchester. THOMAS FLAHERTY, tailor, Bath, July 15, and August 19, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Clarke and Med calf, Lincoln's-Inn-fields, London ; Phillips, Bristol. HENRY LEMON TAYLOR, harness maker, Highworth, Wiltshire, July 18, and August 19, at one, at the Bell Inn, Swin don, Wiltshire. Chamberlain, Highworth, Wilts ; Wasbrough, Wantage,Berks ; Chadwick, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, London. JAMES RAAISDEN hatter, Bradford, Yorkshire, July 29, and August 19, at eleven, at the Court-house, Bradford. Wag staff, Bradford. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. M. Holl, W. Oswald, and H. Hoar, Irish linen factors, Fea ther's -court, Milk-street, July 23, at twelve—R. K. Vorley and J. Watling, drysalters, Bread-street-hill, July 29, at eleven—H. Joyce, oilman, Milford-lane, July 29, at twelve—J. Jones, linen draper, Shoreditch, July 29, at eleven—C. Keenan, linen draper, Berwick-upon-Tweed, July 29, at one—J. Brown, brass founder, Little Portland-street, Marylebone, July 29, at twelve. In the Country. A 4 'Vhite, cabinet maker, Cheltenham, Aug. 1, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham—G. Heslington, linen draper, Knares borough, Yorkshire, Aug. 6, at ten, at the Elephant and Castle Inn, Kna , esborough—M. Cullen, merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 6, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—S. Hodson and J. Wardley, calico printers, Manchester Aug. 1, at ten, at the Com missioners'-rooms, Manchester—J. Pitstow, miller, Earl's Cohie, Essex, Aug. 5, at twelve, at the Three Cups Inn, Colchester—R. Birch, Great Longstone, Derbyshire, Aug. 10, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Chesterfield—T. Kirkby, sen., and T. Kirby, jun., flax dressers, Smelthouse Mills, Ripon, Yorkshire, Aug. 2, at twelve, at the Unicorn Inn, Ripon—G. Oates, sen., and G. Oates, jun., merchants, Sheffield, Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Town-hall Sheffield—G. Hoskins, merchant, Preston, Lancashire, Aug. 2, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—S. Briddon, corn broker, Manchester, Aug. 1, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES.—JULY 29. T. W, Willows, fishmonger, Fleet-street— R. Todd, livery stable keeper, Bath—G. Lee, banker, Lombard-street. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Leese and Co., calico printers, Manchester—H. Smith and J. Fowles, dyers, Blackman-street, London-road—J. and T. Chorl ton, designers, Manchester—T. and J. Knowles, rag dealers, Dewsbury, Yorkshire—J. Barnes and D. Smith, cheese factors, Gloucester—R. Pilkington and Co., distillers, St. Helen's, Lanca shire (as far as regards T. Pilkington)—W. Pope and H. Watts, shipbuilders, Liverpool—D. M'Kenzie and W. Matheson, mer chants, Dalcharn; Sutherland—E. C. Bayley and Co., merchants, St. Petersburgh—M. Spedding and Co., fulling millers, Batley, Yorkshire (as far as regards J. Burnley, and R. and F. Scargill.) THE DIARY OF A DESENNUYEE.—Our interest has been strangely excited by the rumours afloat touching the authorship of this, work, and, now we have glanced over its pages, our curiosity is rather increased than diminished. What can all this mean ? Is it real? Is it actually into the salons of the Tuileries and St. James's we arc thus coolly initiated ; and are the originals of this bold tableau actually such as on all sides we hear assigned ? We sincerely trust not. A Correspondent inquires how it happens that the the omnibuses through the Strand are so much inferior to those which pass through Holborn and Oxford-street. Those through Oxford-street never stop and loiter on the way, while the Strand omnibuses, by their continual stoppages, are a per fect nuisance. MEETINGS FOR AMUSING KNOWLEDGE. — Miss Wood has produced a book for young people, of a new class and character (says the Atlas.) Its Lectures on Con chology, its Papers of Science, Natural History, and Polite Letters, its tales, anecdotes, and incidents, are very pleasing in themselves ; but the new tone of the work is its curiosity. The young folks meet, during the holidays, to instruct each other, and to infuse a spirit of intellectual exertion into their holiday sports. The information conveyed by the book, the range of subjects which it embraces, its exc►ting effect, will re commend it to many readers, as marking the commencement of a new style hr these matters, about which the rising gene ration 'are but imperfectly informed, SAtURDAY. JULY 9, 1536. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY EL The House was engaged till half-past five 0 4 cidok iti hearing. Counsel upon the Stafford Disfranehir;enient The further hearing df the matter waA postponed till I.Ved nesday at ten o'clock; The CotinSdl dripdsingr the Oil' dpPlied that the, liottse should send a message to the dorrinlorii; d§iiirig that the Attorney-General might have leave to attend and give evia dence at the bar. The Swansea Harbour, Murderers' Execution, and other Bills were brought up from the Commons. MARRIAGE BILL. Mr. WILKS and others brought up a message re questing their Lordships to strike out a clause in the Marriage Act which had been retained in the Bill, though it had been ordered to be struck out. Lord MELBOURNE cited a case in 1797, and one in 1823, of a similar nature. He thought the proper course would be to expunge the proviso, and have it printed without it, and communicate that to the Commons. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH thought that it would be a bad precedent for them to interfere with the Bill. Lord HATHERTON thought the proposition of the Noble Viscount was the proper one for adoption. Earl SHAFTESBURY said the more proper course would be for the Commons to ask that the Bill be sent back again. After a short conversation between several Noble Lords, Lord MELBOURNE moved that the proceedings already had, on the Marriage Bill, be annulled—that the proviso alluded to. be struck out. The motions were agreed to, and the Bill was again read a first time. CHURCH PATRONAGE. The Marquis of WESTMEATH moved for a copy of a petition which had been presented to the Crown, through the Secretary of State for the Home Department, relative to the Church patronage, which was now vested in the Crown, the former possessors of it having been Roman Catholics. There was much of the patronage in Ireland in the hands of the Crown—it having been named trustee of the persons who could not nominate to the livings. The descendants of the former possessors were in many cases Protestants, and according to the Act the livings should now be restored. The petitioners had been led to expect that they would have had an answer before this time, but it appeared as if they were not to get one. It was for the honour of the Crown that the matter should be inquired into, and he hoped the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would take steps for its immediate settlement. Lord ELLENBOROUGH did not think the matter rested either with the Crown or with the Secretary of State. If the persons who signed the petition thought they had a case of hardship to show, it was their duty to lay it before the Legislature —they ought to bring in a Bill and endeavour to pass it. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought it was a matter which rested entirely with the Crown, which was a mere trustee for those persons who were the descendants of Catholics. After a few words from the Bishop of EXETER, and the Duke of CUMBERLAND, The question was put, and the motion agreed to. CHURCH DISCIPLINE BILL. On the motion of the LORI) CHANCELLOR the Bill was recommitted. Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to, and clauses 3,4, and 5 were postponed, on the suggestion of the Bishop of EXETER. Clauses 6,7, 8, and 9, were agreed to, and clause 10 postponed. The Bishop of EXETER wished to propose to their Lordships a clause of ()Teat importance. The Bill as it at present stood was defective in one material particular, viz., that it afforded no encouragement to the prosecution of those cases in which prosecutions ought to be instituted ; nay," rather contained a provision which went to discourage those prosecutions, because it was provided that no person should be allowed to institute a prosecution against any clergyman unless ha would submit to enter into a bond of 1001. He spoke from experience when he said that the difficulty of procuring voluntary prosecution was at present almost insuperable ; and undoubtedly the expenses must always be such as would deter individuals from prosecuting. He begged to propose a clause to the effect—that after any suit should have been commenced, if the party should be unable effectually to prosecute his charge, by reason of the expenses attending that prosecution, the Bishop may ap point an Archdeacon to carry on the prosecution, and bear all the lawful charges ; and that such Archdeacon should report to the Bishop a true account of all expenses so in curred, deducting therefrom any costs which may have been allowed to him in the cause ; and that the Bishop shall subscribe an order to refund those expenses, ad dressed either to the Governors of Queen Anne's bounty, or any other treasurer of the revenues of suppressed sine cures in the diocese ; and that, after the production of such order, such treasurer be directed to pay out the sums from one of the said funds. _ _ Lord WYNFORD expressed his approbation of the clause. The LORD CHANCELLOR was afraid, by that clause, that all the proceedings in every case would ulti mately fall upon that fund. The clause was in opposition to the principle of law, that the prosecutor was responsible for the propriety of the proceedings. The Bishop of EXETER was far from being bigoted to his own plan ; but he was confident that, unless some means were devised to shield prosecutors from the neces sary expenses, there would be an end to the discipline of the Church. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said it was very desirable that some means should be devised of defraying the expenses, when really a prosecution was required, and the case was one of a trying nature ; but, according to the amendment first proposed, there would not be a single cause found in which the expenses were not paid out of the fund. Now, he should be sorry to divert the fund alluded to, which was intended for the increase of small livings, to any other purposes ; for by adopting that. whilst they were doing good to the Church in one way, they would be im peding one of the very great purposes for which the Church Commission was intended. Lord ELLENBOROUGH suggested that some clause might be founded upon the principle of the Rev. Prelate's amendment, and might be proposed for insertion upon the third reading. The Bishop of EXETER then withdrew his proposition. Clause 11 was then agreed to. Clause 12 was struck out. Clause 12, with a verbal amendment, was agreed to. Clause 14 agreed to. Upon clause 15, which enacts that the trial shall be be fore a jury of nine clergymen, The Bishop of EXETER proposed that the number of Clergymen should be four, which he considered quite suf ficient. Lord WYNFORD should prefer twelve, but was pre pared to concur in the recommendation of the Right Rev. Prelate. The LORD CHANCELLOR was in favour of the clause as it at present stood. After some further conversation, it was agreed that the jury should consist of seven clergymen, and that the con sent of five shonld be necessary to convict. The clause, so amended, was then agreed to. The Bishop of EXETER proposed an amendment which would have the effect of taking cases of heresy out of the jurisdiction of the tribunal, as constituted by the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that would be contrary to the whole scheme of the Bill. The amendment was not pressed. Clause 17 was postponed. Clauses 25 and 26 were withdrawn, for the purpose of substituting others. The other clauses were agreed to.—Report on Monday. Adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS. JuLr 8. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. GREENWICH PIER BILL. On the motion of Mr. ANGERSTEIN the above Bill was read a third time. A clause was proposed to be added by way of rider. Mr. Alderman WOOD complained that it would abolish those rights of the Lord Mayor which he held as Conser vator of the River. The clause enacted that the in habitants might have power to do certain things, if they had leave from the Admiralty, which could not now be (lone without the authority and consent of the Lord Mayor. Such an attempt was made about fifty years ago, but then the Admiralty failed in showing that they had any right over the Thames at all. He hoped the clause would be postponed, to give time for some communications with the Admiralty, in order to have the matter settled without the loss of the Bill. Mr. C. WOOD said that the only objection he had to this Bill was that it interfered with the rights of the Ad miralty. The same objection had been made to the Gravesend Pier Bill ; but the parties, to obviate the objec tion, submitted to have a clause inserted in the Bill which preserved the rights of the Admiralty, and he had no ob jection to the present Bill passing if a similar clause were inserted. The only wish which the Admiralty had was, that a clause might be introduced into the Bill to limit the building of the pier in such a way as should be approved of by the Admiralty. Mr. G. F. YOUNG said that nothing could be more just than the insertion of a saving clause to preserve the rights of the Admiralty on navigable rivers. and if this Bill contained any clause that interfered with those rights, it was proper that it should be corrected ; but he must say that there was here a question of conflict ing jurisdiction, and it would be clearly unjust to introduce a clause that would give the Admiralty a power which they • , did not possess at present. It would be unfortunate at present to interfere with the question of jurisdictidti, talc n committee was sitting to consider the subject of the Nani gatiori or the part of London, when the whole question of must necessariiv fdrt?l,p4rt of the enquiry. He edrietirt'ed his 1-ida; Friend (tithicTe!..rf Wood) that this Bill gate. a iidWer td the Adafiralty b'y taking it the tiorporation; which diight Otit to' be Idad. Mr: C. WOOD could assure the Hod. IN letuliet' that there was no such desire On the part df floe Adrriiralty: There was nothing in the elaUse he o prepdsed to introdtke which interfered with the power of the COrptiration. After a few observations from Mr. ANCiERSTEIN, Mr. BARNARD, and Mr. Ald. Wool), the further coridi , a'ration of the clause was postponed till Monday. HUNGERFORD AND LAMBETH SUSPEN SION BRIDGE. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from certain owners and occupiers of houses in Hungerford and Lambeth, pray ing the Committee might be allowed till the 25th of July to make their report on the Hungerford and Lambeth Suspen sion Bridge Bill. An HON. MEMBER opposed the extension of time. He understood that the great majority of the landed proprietors were opposed to the Mr. HA WES explained that the promoters of the Bill had been since March last in constant communication with the landed proprietors, who would come to no conclusive agreement with them. He denied, however, that there was any opposition on their part. The opposition origi nated with a Company interested in a rival bridge. He trusted that after the House had sanctioned the second reading of the Bill, that no objection should now be made to the motion. On the suggestion of the SPEAKER, the Bill was re ferred to the Standing Order Committee. On the motion of Mr. VYVYAN, the Swansea Har bour Bill was read a third time, and some clauses having been added, the Bill was passed. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. - _ Mr. O'CONNELL brought up the Report of the Com mittee on this Bill. SOUTH CEMETERY COMPANY. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition against this Bill from certain persons in Southwark. IRISH CORPORATION REFORM. Mr. FRENCH iresenteTla petition from Kilbride, in the county of Roscommon, in favour of the Irish Municipal Reform Bill, and a petition from Shank lin, and other places in the same county, stating that they were grateful for the measure of Municipal Re form granted by this House, and that they considered the interference of the other branch of the Legislature unjust. The petitions also prayed for the total and unconditional abolition of tithe. HAND-LOOM WEAVERS. Mr. WA KLEY presented a petition from the hand-loorn weavers of some place in Scotland, praying for the establish ment of Boards of Works. The Hon. Member also presented petitions from the factory colourers of Stockport, praying for the establishment of a ten hours' Bill for la bourers of all ages, between nine and twenty-one years of age. Also three petitions from Suffolk, in favour of the Medical Witnesses' Bill. POOR LAWS. _ . . Major BE AUC LERK presented a petition from Ashtied, in Surrey, against certain portions of the Poor Laws Bill. He wished to call the attention of his Majesty's Government to the prayer of this petition. The petition prayed that dur ing the present session some alteration might be made in the Bills so that the Poor Law Commissioners might have power to apply remedies to the grievances of which they complained. It was his sincere hope that his Majesty's Government would take this question into their consideration during the recess, and give satisfaction to the poor people of this country. If they did not, he should move that a Com mittee be appointed next session to take the subject into their consideration. TITHES. Mr. BRADY presented a petition from Drumbow, praying for the abolition of tithes. TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES. Mr. HODGSON presented a petition from Newcastle on-Tyne, praying for the regulation of Temperance So cieties. DANISH CLAIMS. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from an in dividual on the subject of the Danish Claims, praying for compensation. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. Mr. O'CONNELL moved the further consideration of the Report of the Committee on the Dublin and Drogheda Railway. Mr. F. SH A W had abstained from taking any part in the discussions upon the Bill in Committee ; but from all he could learn, and from what he had pe rused of the evidence, he had not the least doubt that great public advantage would accrue from the proposed line, and from the consequent introduction of English capital into the country. There was no question between the two lines, nor could there be any doubt as to the great superiority of the coast line. As that was the last opportunity he should have, he felt it his duty to state what his sentiments upon the Bill were. Mr. C. WOOD made an observation relative to the Board of Admiralty, which we did not hear. Mr. O'CONNELL was satisfied that there would be no objection on the part of the Admiralty ; and besides, they had no jurisdiction over the Dublin Harbour, which was vested in the Ballast Board of Dublin. There was but one opinion relative to the conduct of the Ballast Board of Dublin, and that was, that it had done its duty fairly, impartially, and most usefully.--(Hear.) MORNING SITTINGS. Mr. 'WALLACE moved that the House at its rising do adjourn to Monday at twelve o'clock, to take into consi deration the Poole Corporation Bill. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET had heard no rea son assigned for such a proceeding, and should certainly op pose it. Mr. POULTER said the object was to take into consideration a case of great injustice, that had been now four months before the House.—(Hear, hear.) The matter was not a grievance of a local nature, but a gross abuse of the Municipal Reform Bill ; and on these grounds he should support the motion of the Hon. Member for Greenock. Mr. WYNN did not think there was anything in this Poole Corporation Bill which gave it such importance as that it should supersede all Public Bills, and the whole of the business of that House in Committees. Besides, Members of that House were obliged to take food and nourishment the same as other persons, and if the House sat from twelve o'clock to three, and then met again at half-past four, there would not be time for it. They would have to go into a Committee of Supply, in order to vote that dinners be provided in the House for the Mem bers. It was absolutely necessary that the Members should have time for taking food, exercise, and attend ing to other business. - Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood to object to the House sitting on Monday morning.—(Hear, hear, hear.) From what he had seen last night, he appre- hended there would be great opposition to many of the clauses, and therefore he considered it would be ad visable to have it discussed in a full House, although he should be satisfied with any arrangement the House might come to. Mr. EWART thought that if the House sat at 12 o'clock there would be greater moderation and sobriety— ( Hear, hear, and laughter)--of language, and he had observed that during the time of the Morning Sittings Hon. Members had made much shorter speeches. Mr. J. HEATHCOTE protested most strongly against this measure being taken if it was to supersede other business. Mr. PRAED considered that from the natare of the Bill itself, it was most desirable the House should not take it into consideration before five o'clock. It was a Bill which for the first time established legislative interference with a pending judicial proceeding, and it was therefore most desirable that those Learned Gentlemen who were Members of the House should be present, especially the Law Officers of the Crown. Mr. P. THOMPSON said, that as several Committees had been specially fixed for Monday, there would be great difficulty in making a House, and if the Hon. Member pressed his proposition to a division many Members would vote against it on the ground of these Committees sitting. He suggested, therefore, to the Hon. Member, that if he wished his proposition to have a fair trial he should post pone it to some other day. Mr. WALLACE agreed to postpone his proposition. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the House do at its rising adjourn to Monday.—Agreed to. EXPORTATION OF WOOL. _ . Mr. G. HEA THCOTE wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade, in reference to the very considerable exporta tion of wool from the country. It amounted annually to five millions of pounds. The state of the trade between this country and France, was in a most unsatis factory state, for whilst the produce of France was allowed to be imported into this country at almost a nominal duty, there was a very heavy ad valorem duty imposed by France upon our exports. During the course of the last year he understood that a reduction had taken place, and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would explain whether it was true or not, and whether a remission of duty had been carried into effect ? Mr. P. THOMSON said that he had stated last year that he had made representations to the Government of France on this subject, and that be was in hopes that some reduction would take place. He could now state that a considerable reduction had taken place in the duty upon foreign wool imported into France.—(Hear, hear.) ••••• . • . - MARRIAGE BILL. Mr. WILKS rose to move, p4isalknlt to' notice, - that a 741esasTss be sent to the House of' Lords to , request their Lordships (';`:.firturn to this House the Marriage' Bill, foe the purpose of an dillerraii- - ,cut being made in the ingross, merit, such amendment beiwe to Issave out the proviso eon, taining time declaration " That CA4' has conscientious sessvlea ngainst being married hi are' Assist's or chapter, or With any r61):f! , *1”4 ceremony," the said titneminvnt having been made in thlc iltms , e of Commons on the third Y eadin tif the Rill s but omitted to be made in the ingrossnimmt, OM :SHAM—Saw no objection to the date. now proposed ere Hon. Member. He thought some of those errors arose frosu alterations being made on the third reading of Bills. When he first went into Parlia meuf isiLenitions were always made on the engrossed part of Bills. A to the ancient practice in this re spect would, in his tfiliihi:tin, be most desirable. Mr. WYNN hoped sOille arrangement would be made to prevent the introduction of' amendments upon the third reading of a Bill, as at such a time it was quite impossible that their provisions could be fully or properly considered. Mr. WILKS concurred in the vier; taken by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. It was an increasing nuisance, which that House and the public should endeavour to check. Mr. BA INES observed that the greatest should be given to Hon. Members to make amendments or altera tions in every stage. In the present case the amendment made had been very beneficial. After a few words from the SPEAKER the motion was put and agreed to. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. Mr. LUSHINGTON begged to ask the Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Colonies, whether any sum was contributed out of the Colonial Funds for promoting female emigration to Australia. It appeared that twelve vessels. had been sent out by the Emigration Com mittee, containing 1,500 young females, consisting . of twenty families in each vessel, all of whom had arrived safely at their destination, without a single death having occurred. He begged to know whether the conduct of the Emigration Committee h a d b een . satisfactory to the Govern ment, as some obervations had been made upon it by the Hon. Member for Berkshire h few nights ago ? Sir GEORGE GREY had great satisfaction in stating that the Committee of which the Hon. Member was an active member, had rendered most efficient service to the Government in promoting emigration to the Colonies. With respect to the funds contributed by the Colonial Government, he would refer the Hon. Member to the annual returns laid upon the table of the House. In answer to a question from Mr. A. TREVOR, Lord S. RUSSELL said that he could not give the Hop,. ,Member any satisfactory information. He under stood, however, that by the Lords' Amendments the Co roners of the county Durham were placed on• the same footing as before. ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND 'REVENUES. The NOBLE LORD then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to carry into effect the 4th Report of the Commis sioners on Ecclesiastical Duties add Revenues. —Agreed to. CHURCH OF' ENGLAND BILL. On the Order of the Day for the House resolv;tag itself into Committee on this Bill being read, Lord J. RUSSELL said, in moving that the House do go into Committee on the Church of England felt it his duty to give some general view of the measure before the House. Desirous as he was to correct the errors, and promote reform in all the institutions of the country, and particularly the Esta blished Church of England, he was always anxious that, those reforms should have the sanction of the Prelates and the great body of the clergy, as well as of the laity. Whether it was a positive evil or not, it was one which had very great weight on public opinion, and. which had been the cause of suspicion and accusation against those who were placed in the poorer bishoprics. It was said; and na turally said, without any means of contradiction,' that those who were placed in the poor Bishoprics would anxiously be desirous of being translated to the many that were of higher value, and that probably their attention, in the first place, was diverted from the care of their own sees, to which they did not pay that attention and regard they would do were they appointed for life to one particular see ; and in the second place, it was said their conduct and independence as Peers of Parliament was affected by the hope of promotion. It was therefore with great satisfaction that he saw the Archbishops and Bishops, as well as lay persons, ap pointed to the 'Commission issued by the advice of the Right Honourable Baronet opposite. That Commission was succeeded by another, and with the exception of the substitution of some of his Majesty's present Miniiters for those who were formerly in office, the persons who com— posed it were the same. The Commissioners:agreed to a Re port, the recommendations of which he truste.4 would meet with the concurrence of the Right Hon. Baronet. If this should be the case he should also have the conenaTence of the heads of the Church, and of the leaders of . the dif ferent parties. He could not forbear to add, that .since he had the honour of entering his Majesty's service, his Majesty had always evinced the greatest anxiety that the measures recommended by this Commission should be carried into effect. He stated this, because much as he valued Reform, he thought it an additional be nefit when it met the concurrence of a variety of parties. He trusted the importance of the subject would lead the House to give it that due consideration which its import ance demanded, although there might not be that excite ment .. and that interest which was occasioned by measures that had more of a party character. One of the first complaints that had been usually made with re spect to Church Establishments, was the inequality of the bishoprics, both with respect to duties and to revenues. • With respect to duties, the territorial division was most unequal, and the number of benefices varied in a very great degree. There was an inequality still more injurious respect ing the amount of revenues. The income of the see of Can terbury was 18,0901., Durham 19,480/., and London 13,890/. while for Llandaff the income of the .see was only 1,170/., Oxford 1,6001., and Rochester 1,459/.—(Hear.) The plan of the Commissioners very naturally' and justly provided that some sees should have a larger revenue, ac cording to the importance and extent of the diocese, and the expense they were consequently put to. With respect to the revenue, the bishopricks would by this .Bill approach much nearer to an equality than they had hitherto done, so that it would not be necessary hereafter to give to them any benefices or livings in commendain, except those that hitherto by custom had been annexed to them. The Noble Lord then referred to the amount of income which, by this Bill, was to be given to each of the Bishoprics, none of them amounting to more thai: five thousand pounds. The only exceptions to this ware the Archbishoprics of Canterbury and York, and the Bishop rics of London, Durham, and Winchester. Durham would not have so large an income. This, the smaller sees, and the two new sees would be subject to translation ; but he (Lord John Russell) did not think that' any real benefit would result from the proposal of an Hon. Gen-. tleman, who had given notice of a motion to the effect that no translations should be permitted. In- the first place there were few Bishops who could indulge the hope or expectation of it. The objection hitherto urged, that the occupants of inferior sees looked for better bishoprics, was obviated by the small difference between 4,5001. a year, and 5,000/. a year. A Bishop who had taken possession of his see, who had expended a considerable sum upon his establishment, and who had 4,500/. a year, would not be willing to quit his residence and connections for an advance in his income of only 5001. or 7001. a year. It remained to be considered whether it would be at all for the benefit of the Church that with respect to the archbishoprics and larger bishoprics the Crown should have • no power of translation. The fact of the archbishop occu pying the highest position on the bench, prevented the pos sibility of any of the objections which were. urged against translations applying to that di gn it ar y. H e co uld not per suade himself that te House would attempt the. plan be had referred to as an amendment to that proposed .by the Commissioners. He did feel that the plan of the Comeiis sioners did, as far as could be rationally expected, put an end to translation. It was calculated to put an end gene rally to the temptation to the bishops to neglect their dio ceses in the hope of translation, and those filling the inferior bishoprics would be more likely to act independently of poli tical parties, by whom they might otherwise be influenced, for the sake of some preferment. At the same time, this plan did not interfere with the prerogative of the Crown. The Crown would still have the power to choose, if it thought proper, a bishop of an inferior see for full Archiepiscopal dignities. He had stated what would be the result with respect to particular bishoprics. There would be a certain number of them, the income of which would be raised to 4,500/. per annum. It seemed to have been first in the contemplation of the Commissioners, and the first report bore out that view of the subject, to take away some of the revenues of the bishoprics, as the impropriate tithes ; and where it was thought advisable, to apply a part of those revenues to the dioceses from which they were taken, and make them supply also the deficiencies of other places. (So we u nderstood the Noble Lord, but the noise in the House was frequently so great that we h ear d hi m very i n di st i nct l y. ) The Commissioners, however, came to be of opinion, that it o wo , of adding be b au l deds i—ngnow e t i t tt t ho e r thet n a o k t e t a o m other, l away a tit ny disturbanceto take one t of their r e heewphuo whole as t s o o n one o w r h e m , i t n o ish di t v h id o e se them revenues. mo u more equ e al t l h y, o a u n g d ht n ;ie i i thertoadd Commis sioners were wise in having adopted that course, because, iftlieyhad tak en i nto cons id erat i on the part i c u lar circum stances,with a view to separating the revenues, they would have revenu e ;and een obliged, while would other sources, be to conferringask for a benefit a n increase of in one place by supplying its local wants—while they worrtzt - be — establishing religious instruction at certain places, they would take away for that purpose revenues which of on kn. ea!